Due to the late booking, the shore excursions to Kodiak Island and Dutch Harbour in the Aleutian Islands had all been booked ...

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s Orthodox Church on Saturday held an inauguration ceremony for its new Archbishop Joan, who succeeded Archbishop Anastasios following his death in January.

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Orthodox Church on Saturday held an enthronement ceremony for its new Archbishop Joan, who succeeded Archbishop Anastasios following his death in January.

A historic Russian Orthodox church is keeping the faith in the family. After over 54 years as rector, the Very Rev. Mitred Archpriest John D. Sorochka of St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox ...

OT 434-435; JBC, p. 517] Now the Catholic Church is not alone in accepting the Books which Protestants label as "Apocrypha." The Coptic, Greek and Russian Orthodox churches also recognize these ...

Carlo Acutis will become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint at a solemn canonization Mass on April 27 in St. Peter’s Square. But throngs of pilgrims are already flocking to the ...

The Russian claim could not be independently verified, and Ukraine did not comment. With reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine. The Seattle Times does not append comment threads to stories from wire ...

Night - Cloudy with a 43% chance of precipitation. Winds S at 7 mph (11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 43 °F (6.1 °C). Cloudy with a high of 52 °F (11.1 °C) and a 54% chance of ...

The Russian government has unleashed a wave of repression against L.G.B.T.Q. people, with the police raiding gay night clubs and investigators targeting people they suspect of being gay.

Trump ‘angry’ with Putin and threatens tariffs on Russian oil over Ukraine Trump warns of 25 percent US tariffs on Russian oil, urges Putin to halt Ukraine bloodshed in tense diplomatic standoff.

In the Latin Church, believers determine how they will observe Lent (fasting is prescribed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday). In contrast, the dietary observances of Orthodox Great Lent ...

On Friday, the Greek Orthodox Church called for an emergency meeting to discuss a major reform to be launched. The move comes after the Church was rocked by overwhelming scandals on sex and finance ...